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JUST RELEASED! Downtown Church
An album of gospel-tinged music “dedicated to the homeless men and women of Nashville, Tennessee, and to those committed to helping them and bringing some comfort. May they find peace and continued strength and courage.”
Jack Ingram: Big Dreams & High Hopes (August 25, 2009)
“The absolute highlight of the album . . . is Patty Griffin singing harmony behind Ingram on the track. She’s heavenly.” [more]
Todd Snider: Peace Queer (2008)
Patty appears on two tracks on Todd Snider’s Peace Queer: “The Ballad of Cape Henry” and a haunting cover of John Fogerty’s “Fortunate Son”.
Live From The Artists’ Den (CD) (2008)
“The opening of Patty Griffin’s Live at The Artists Den is startling. In her cover of Sam Cooke’s “Get Yourself Another Fool”, Griffin ends repeating the title lyric, reinterpreting the melody in each line, until softly and beautifully concluding the song. The reinterpretations alone are inspiring. Then, Griffin opens her speaking voice to say thank [...]
The Band of Heathens: The Band of Heathens (2008)
Patty provides supporting vocals on three songs on The Band of Heathens’ eponymous album: “Maple Tears”, “Second Line” and “40 Days”.
Live From The Artists’ Den (DVD) (2007)
“Patty Griffin seems to inhabit a timeless era in her recordings. Each record sounds as if it could have been recorded either yesterday or 50 years ago, as a mix of immediacy and classic songwriting happily co-mingle from song to song. She is often described as a singer’s singer or a songwriter’s songwriter, which is just a fancy [...]
Gurf Morlix: Diamonds to Dust (April 10, 2007)
Patty appears on “Killing Time in Texas”, “Need You Now” and “Blanket”.
The CRT Bonus Tracks
Patty’s last studio album, Children Running Through, had 12 tracks – officially. If you bought it from iTunes, you got a bonus track : “Moon Song”. If you were one of the lucky early purchasers from Barnes & Noble, you got two bonus tracks:’ “Up Or Down” and “Free”. Listen to them here.
Children Running Through (2007)
“Children Running Through is the moment Griffin has been striving for her entire career thus far, that place where she “arrived” in her own aesthetic and professional view, the album that cements the emotional and musical adventure of the former album [Flaming Red] and the clarity of vision, the seamlessness of the execution and the [...]